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NFL Spending Per Position

The draft is here so I thought it would be helpful to put together a spending chart for each team to help see areas where teams might overvalue a player based on need or bypass a player based on perceived roster strength. For each roster I looked at the top 53 contracts and using the annual contract value of the most recent contract for the player calculated the team’s investment per position. The position is what we have in our database and there could be some movement if there is a defensive shift or player changing position, but they should be pretty accurate. We do still have a few contracts outstanding that could move the numbers a little bit but nothing significant. Here is the breakdown for each team (clicking on the header should sort the tables).

Defensive Spending

Team

Cornerback

Edge Rush

Interior DL

Linebacker

Safety

Total

Jaguars

$27,659,503

$23,908,948

$34,531,167

$16,782,291

$17,447,500

$120,329,409

Eagles

$5,231,331

$22,766,080

$33,086,803

$20,288,306

$17,750,000

$99,122,520

Vikings

$19,735,168

$20,737,431

$21,269,590

$15,808,034

$15,556,056

$93,106,279

Titans

$25,715,299

$17,345,118

$28,905,557

$8,567,891

$10,238,572

$90,772,437

Buccaneers

$13,674,414

$31,643,245

$22,722,786

$13,899,579

$5,902,862

$87,842,886

Panthers

$15,088,108

$15,364,188

$28,632,462

$22,755,303

$3,930,000

$85,770,061

Broncos

$15,202,079

$26,910,519

$20,199,476

$13,630,000

$9,474,687

$85,416,761

Texans

$28,299,690

$14,353,800

$21,933,045

$4,959,216

$13,875,000

$83,420,751

Rams

$20,668,588

$3,843,753

$32,148,656

$10,338,035

$13,301,873

$80,300,905

Bengals

$16,455,349

$13,778,350

$14,539,273

$22,969,192

$12,150,888

$79,893,052

Dolphins

$4,764,345

$38,739,718

$3,002,321

$12,478,147

$20,510,333

$79,494,864

Lions

$22,419,176

$20,671,431

$9,674,453

$14,935,628

$11,294,641

$78,995,329

Seahawks

$6,778,655

$12,020,065

$8,585,177

$22,148,313

$28,949,685

$78,481,895

Giants

$19,673,080

$24,468,695

$13,013,859

$14,848,885

$5,024,424

$77,028,943

Patriots

$18,221,642

$7,948,597

$9,175,580

$16,000,000

$23,677,887

$75,023,706

Redskins

$23,455,087

$16,076,023

$17,339,150

$10,910,567

$7,154,723

$74,935,550

Jets

$28,472,783

$4,743,471

$13,637,717

$14,265,411

$11,110,205

$72,229,587

Bears

$28,157,000

$11,355,748

$15,859,959

$13,138,780

$3,408,799

$71,920,286

Chiefs

$4,416,593

$21,828,313

$15,293,310

$11,117,830

$18,531,826

$71,187,872

Browns

$23,287,972

$15,271,766

$3,528,785

$23,289,322

$3,955,398

$69,333,243

Steelers

$14,789,575

$7,143,782

$27,713,996

$8,387,564

$11,140,075

$69,174,992

Ravens

$22,003,741

$10,007,894

$15,329,774

$4,264,411

$17,043,705

$68,649,525

Bills

$8,987,838

$20,579,744

$17,002,324

$7,383,832

$12,525,000

$66,478,738

Saints

$10,255,162

$16,830,317

$5,545,304

$23,231,310

$9,303,178

$65,165,271

Chargers

$15,813,918

$17,719,643

$19,328,565

$4,478,547

$6,390,553

$63,731,226

Packers

$10,944,477

$27,313,727

$19,086,678

$1,297,516

$4,238,645

$62,881,043

49ers

$12,971,166

$17,001,854

$9,921,847

$15,109,766

$5,343,586

$60,348,219

Cowboys

$2,501,739

$32,375,864

$5,061,545

$14,695,322

$5,463,140

$60,097,610

Cardinals

$17,635,674

$22,026,626

$8,047,627

$5,540,633

$6,592,541

$59,843,101

Raiders

$10,856,916

$9,598,493

$5,932,626

$20,379,878

$9,352,030

$56,119,943

Falcons

$27,093,400

$9,579,198

$4,786,963

$6,366,037

$6,678,412

$54,504,010

Colts

$5,824,519

$20,698,878

$7,542,937

$3,991,334

$5,517,431

$43,575,099

Average

$16,470,437

$17,957,852

$16,011,854

$13,070,528

$11,026,052

$74,536,722

Offensive Spending

Team

Quarterback

Running Back

Wide Receiver

O-line

Tight End

Total

Total (w/o QB)

49ers

$28,382,162

$14,212,346

$19,043,909

$34,664,280

$4,404,574

$100,707,271

$72,325,109

Bears

$13,053,109

$2,021,384

$28,252,762

$31,895,009

$16,987,629

$92,209,893

$79,156,784

Bengals

$18,288,135

$7,084,208

$26,752,074

$23,981,725

$10,546,581

$86,652,723

$68,364,588

Bills

$4,709,877

$15,275,000

$7,542,680

$20,010,013

$9,755,000

$57,292,570

$52,582,693

Broncos

$20,985,148

$1,875,716

$27,690,460

$32,624,431

$1,411,688

$84,587,443

$63,602,295

Browns

$15,250,000

$7,715,766

$22,550,709

$40,706,693

$7,594,068

$93,817,236

$78,567,236

Buccaneers

$10,912,819

$3,540,000

$32,661,708

$31,417,242

$10,135,381

$88,667,150

$77,754,331

Cardinals

$24,000,000

$3,123,705

$14,186,522

$25,326,685

$7,585,000

$74,221,912

$50,221,912

Chargers

$22,493,348

$4,389,028

$25,871,514

$34,441,577

$5,575,744

$92,771,211

$70,277,863

Chiefs

$7,456,491

$8,271,431

$19,740,557

$32,861,041

$12,346,733

$80,676,253

$73,219,762

Colts

$25,446,708

$4,032,587

$19,350,000

$21,543,455

$12,800,000

$83,172,750

$57,726,042

Cowboys

$1,237,515

$9,574,085

$16,311,734

$37,289,768

$8,219,217

$72,632,319

$71,394,804

Dolphins

$21,010,000

$2,535,315

$27,363,905

$19,633,379

$2,228,013

$72,770,612

$51,760,612

Eagles

$21,754,085

$2,573,653

$20,157,572

$41,797,663

$9,980,000

$96,262,973

$74,508,888

Falcons

$25,350,000

$9,763,176

$23,108,651

$35,342,035

$2,717,025

$96,280,887

$70,930,887

Giants

$21,902,832

$5,358,049

$7,727,693

$31,973,625

$8,355,351

$75,317,550

$53,414,718

Jaguars

$17,483,500

$13,089,338

$20,852,178

$35,723,281

$6,248,313

$93,396,610

$75,913,110

Jets

$17,873,500

$7,750,000

$20,695,661

$35,235,992

$1,506,876

$83,062,029

$65,188,529

Lions

$28,735,000

$8,542,973

$17,566,081

$27,112,181

$4,749,811

$86,706,046

$57,971,046

Packers

$24,493,011

$3,974,544

$26,866,794

$36,282,610

$12,000,000

$103,616,959

$79,123,948

Panthers

$21,420,000

$6,771,889

$15,015,304

$35,250,444

$8,700,000

$87,157,637

$65,737,637

Patriots

$22,105,000

$14,055,000

$21,313,351

$15,583,276

$17,995,000

$91,051,627

$68,946,627

Raiders

$27,749,972

$8,127,299

$19,803,280

$47,244,556

$10,150,000

$113,075,107

$85,325,135

Rams

$8,413,210

$5,201,628

$18,953,576

$25,250,193

$3,466,223

$61,284,830

$52,871,620

Ravens

$23,233,333

$1,999,466

$16,272,423

$20,857,184

$2,851,271

$65,213,677

$41,980,344

Redskins

$27,130,000

$5,526,335

$12,098,817

$33,745,944

$15,019,129

$93,520,225

$66,390,225

Saints

$26,500,000

$7,271,943

$13,388,411

$36,447,397

$13,266,667

$96,874,418

$70,374,418

Seahawks

$22,780,000

$3,449,401

$16,503,510

$25,776,058

$4,330,887

$72,839,856

$50,059,856

Steelers

$24,789,781

$18,661,572

$20,850,417

$35,374,947

$7,752,228

$107,428,945

$82,639,164

Texans

$5,258,621

$10,553,555

$21,515,858

$27,124,652

$3,660,000

$68,112,686

$62,854,065

Titans

$8,638,494

$6,301,983

$14,432,662

$25,335,172

$9,968,978

$64,677,289

$56,038,795

Vikings

$29,138,196

$6,218,328

$10,996,346

$26,111,447

$8,615,147

$81,079,464

$51,941,268

Average

$19,311,683

$7,151,272

$19,544,910

$30,748,874

$8,153,829

$84,910,567

$65,598,885

Here is the quick cheat sheet for the top 5 and bottom 5 spenders at each position